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Kathryn R. Bisher obituary

Kathryn Bisher Obituary

Kathryn Ruth (Nairn) Bisher, 79, of Napoleon, Ohio, and Fort Worth, Texas, passed away on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, at home on Silver Beach Road, Cheboygan, Michigan.

Kathryn was born on May 28, 1946, to the late George and Helen (Baumann) Nairn in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Toledo and Fort Worth, Texas. She was a 1964 graduate of Paschal High School in Fort Worth.

In 1967, she received her Bachelor's degree in education from Texas Woman's University and later her Master's degree in Library Science from North Texas State University. Kathryn taught multiple grade levels and ended her 30-year career as a high school librarian retiring from Napoleon (Ohio) Area Schools.

She was an avid animal lover and volunteered for the Henry County Ohio Humane Society and served on their Board of Directors.

The family would like to thank all the friends and caregivers who supported her fight with leukemia, particularly those at Karmanos Cancer Center in Petoskey, Michigan.

She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Jon Bisher; sons, Andrew and Matthew Kovich and Tod and Mat Bisher; daughters-in-law, Tonya Kovich, Amanda Kovich, Jodi Bisher and Gail Bisher; grandsons, Justin and Ryan Kovich, Matthew Kovich, and Hudson Bisher; granddaughters, Sara Kovich, Peri Bisher and Landry Bisher; granddaughter-in-law, Olivia Kovich; and great-grandson, Lincoln Kovich.

A celebration of life will be held for Kathryn in Columbus, Ohio, in late December 2025.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Henry County Ohio Humane Society.

Online condolences may also be left for the family at the Nordman-Christian Funeral Home in Cheboygan, Michigan.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Northwest Signal on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Lois Germann

Earlier today

So sorry for your loss. I had the good fortune of working with Kathryn when we were on the board of the Henry County Humane Society. May God bless you and your family.

Steve Cannady

Yesterday

Dearest Bisher family,

I would like to extend my deepest condolences to you all. I know in difficult times it´s nearly impossible to cope with the grief of loss. Yet, my hope for you is to remember the love and laughter you all shared. I´m thinking of all of you whom I´ve grown to love. May she have safe passage to the other side and may you rejoice in the light she was for you.

All of my love,

Steve Cannady

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